X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
From:	"Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References:	<e855386d0707190410h1d25cae8yc18409ccb47b0fb8 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Problem with ping in Windows Vista
Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:20:16 +0100
Message-ID:	<005e01c7c9f6$c82e3e00$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
MIME-Version:	1.0
X-Mailer:	Microsoft Office Outlook 11
In-Reply-To:	<e855386d0707190410h1d25cae8yc18409ccb47b0fb8@mail.gmail.com>
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On 19 July 2007 12:10, Arthur Niswar wrote:

> Hi,
> I am using Cygwin on Windows Vista Business. The problem is: whenever
> I try to ping another host on the local network, it always fails.
> However, I can access this host using ssh (from Cygwin). Is there any
> solution?

  Don't suppose this has anything to do with cygwin at all; the most likely
cause would be if the windows firewall was configured to block icmp but to
allow sshd to open a port.  Check the settings in control panel.


    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

- Raw text -